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I don’t think there are any “ADHD-friendly” jobs. The friendly job is the one that supports your best functioning, and offers the environment that supports you in doing what you naturally do best.
Unlike many others here, I am the introverted, reserved, shy type. I don’t like crowds, noise, commotion, telephones, fast-paced environments, or interacting with clients or the general public. I am definitely NOT a “thrill-seeker” – or if I am, my thrills come in highly emotional situations, not physically dangerous ones. I prefer long, uninterrupted blocks of time when I can work, preferably alone where it’s quiet, and then get up and move around, take a walk outside, mull things over. And the kind of work I do best involves things like art, design, writing, editing, or arranging “stuff.” But using those skills would be best in the type of secluded setting I’ve described, and it would be on a job-by-job basis in which every project would have a clear ending or outcome, and it would involve ideas but not craftsmanship. I might design a pattern for fabric, but I would never sew anything, or I could do technical writing because I like to learn about how things work and tell others about it, but I’d never care about a subject long enough to become an expert. What I do has to involve using imagery or ideas that appeal to me aesthetically or spiritually.
For me, multi-tasking is out. Tracking details is out. Planning and scheduling, also out. Organizing information or deciding how to display a collection of objects is okay, but organizing people would be a disaster.
We’re all different, you know? There aren’t any one-size-fits-all solutions.
I would suggest investigating your process, how you naturally function at your best, and when and where. The type of job that would be good for you wouldn’t necessarily be found in or limited to a job title or professional category. It’s what you’d actually be doing, moment by moment, that counts. For example, someone with an analytical mind, who likes to look at how variables interact, and who naturally tends to think about the question “what happens if…?” would make a good chess player, a good day-trader, a good sports-team manager, and a good cook. It isn’t the activity, but the way of engaging with that activity.
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